Lionel Van Der Westhuizen in Boone, North Carolina

Medical School: Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2007
The Primary Medical Specialty for Lionel Van Der Westhuizen is listed as: General Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 17
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1456509306
NPI #: 1306057500
NPI Created On: 05/28/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/20/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
29764
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: SPA.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
10. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).